Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1950Vol. XX, No. 12

Record Price For

p. 9 · Read in the full issue

Page 99

Troghus Shell

ONE of the leading pearl shell buyers on Thursday Island, P. H. Mendis & Sons, are offering £l2O per ton for trochus shell —the record high price for Thursday Island and £5O in advance of 1949 prices.

Inquiries are coming from Greece, Syria, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and USA. Production is small and it is believed the price might yet rise to £l5O per ton.

There was little demand for trochus in the immediate post-war years due to the dislocation of the pearl button trade.

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